In an interview with Al Arabiya, Azerbaijani President I. Aliyev revealed the historical truth hidden by Russia about the first republic in the history of the East, Azerbaijan, created by the Azerbaijani people in 1918. In this article, written in 2018 for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Azerbaijan, I foresaw Azerbaijan's break with Russia and rapprochement with the West, which happened 7 years later.